How California's death penalty moratorium could affect Nick Reiner's case

"But Reiner, 32, could also face the death penalty because of "special circumstance" charges the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office filed against him. Special circumstances - in Reiner's case, allegedly killing multiple people - increase the punishment prosecutors can pursue, allowing for the possibility for harsher sentences like life without parole or the death penalty. Reiner did not enter a plea during his Wednesday court appearance, according to the Associated Press."

"Alan Jackson, the high-profile attorney representing Reiner, asked for a continuance in court Wednesday, saying it was too early for a plea. Jackson spoke briefly after the hearing and urged the public not to rush to judgment. "There are very, very complex and serious issues that are associated with this case," Jackson said. "Those need to be thoroughly, but very carefully, dealt with and examined and looked at and analyzed.""

"Nick Reiner was arrested hours after his parents Rob Reiner, 78, and Michele Singer Reiner, 68, were found stabbed to death at their Brentwood home on Sunday. Reiner faces two counts of first-degree murder with a special circumstance of multiple murders and a special allegation of usinga dangerous and deadly weapon - a knife, the district attorney said. Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman, an independent, filed the special circumstances that would allow"

Nick Reiner was arrested hours after his parents, Rob Reiner, 78, and Michele Singer Reiner, 68, were found stabbed to death at their Brentwood home. He faces two counts of first-degree murder with a special circumstance of multiple murders and a special allegation of using a dangerous and deadly weapon, a knife. Special circumstances allow prosecutors to seek harsher punishments, including life without parole or the death penalty. Conviction on first-degree murder carries 25 years to life. Reiner did not enter a plea. His attorney requested a continuance, calling the issues complex and urging restraint. California's governor imposed a death penalty moratorium in 2019, and San Quentin's death row facility was decommissioned.

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